Owl of Impiety
@dunite.bsky.social
Likes: science, rocks, mountains, history, geckos, dragonflies, wine. Dislikes: bigotry, discrimination, inequality, horseflies, carrots. Just a wee bit bolshie. She/her. Morecambe, UK
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Santa told us that people that don’t add alt text are getting coal in their stocking this year.
December 23, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Santa told us that people that don’t add alt text are getting coal in their stocking this year.
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Itsy-bitsy teenie-weenie ancient Roman langoustinie
We hope the BlueSky moderators don't flag today's offering for #MosaicMonday as being, ahem... prawnographic. 😳
December 22, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Itsy-bitsy teenie-weenie ancient Roman langoustinie
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This is becoming a very very shameful episode - and a tragedy for these young and courageous people and their friends and families
filtonactionists.com
filtonactionists.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:48 PM
This is becoming a very very shameful episode - and a tragedy for these young and courageous people and their friends and families
filtonactionists.com
filtonactionists.com
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For all nine expert talks with Prof @mikebernerslee.bsky.social's introduction and
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social's opening statement, please visit our YouTube page.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Please share these talks with your MP, and ask what action they plan to take.
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social's opening statement, please visit our YouTube page.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Please share these talks with your MP, and ask what action they plan to take.
Expert Briefings | The National Emergency Briefing - YouTube
These are the official expert briefings from the National Emergency Briefing. In this series, the nation’s leading scientists and experts present the unfilte...
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December 17, 2025 at 9:36 AM
For all nine expert talks with Prof @mikebernerslee.bsky.social's introduction and
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social's opening statement, please visit our YouTube page.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Please share these talks with your MP, and ask what action they plan to take.
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social's opening statement, please visit our YouTube page.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Please share these talks with your MP, and ask what action they plan to take.
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A UK National Emergency Briefing was held in #London chaired by Professor Mike Berners Lee @mikebernerslee.bsky.social with talks from experts on the climate and nature crisis.
"Nothing can be changed until it is faced"
#NationalEmergencyBriefing
#NEBriefing
youtu.be/lpLxLp4j07Y
"Nothing can be changed until it is faced"
#NationalEmergencyBriefing
#NEBriefing
youtu.be/lpLxLp4j07Y
Introduction - Prof Mike Berners-Lee (Chair) | National Emergency Briefing
YouTube video by The National Emergency Briefing
youtu.be
December 16, 2025 at 11:59 PM
A UK National Emergency Briefing was held in #London chaired by Professor Mike Berners Lee @mikebernerslee.bsky.social with talks from experts on the climate and nature crisis.
"Nothing can be changed until it is faced"
#NationalEmergencyBriefing
#NEBriefing
youtu.be/lpLxLp4j07Y
"Nothing can be changed until it is faced"
#NationalEmergencyBriefing
#NEBriefing
youtu.be/lpLxLp4j07Y
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“Climate change is at the heart of this government’s agenda"
To which the only response can be - bollox
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
To which the only response can be - bollox
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Massive disruption’: UK’s worst-case climate crisis scenarios revealed by scientists
Scientists say government must prepare for unlikely but ‘plausible’ 4C rise in temperature and a 2-metre rise in sea levels
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
“Climate change is at the heart of this government’s agenda"
To which the only response can be - bollox
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
To which the only response can be - bollox
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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👇🏻 this
Every trans person--including every trans child--deserves the chance to be fully themselves. I'm so sick of seeing trans folks harmed repeatedly and unrelentingly, against all reason and scientific precedent. To my trans friends--I'm so sorry the world keeps trying to dim your light.
December 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
👇🏻 this
Domestic violence is not restricted by ethnicity or social class. Badenoch's weaponised racism is utterly despicable. But so too is the fact that she's wilfully dismissed the experience of all women who've suffered abuse at the hands of a white British partner.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Badenoch accused of making ‘deeply inaccurate’ claims about violence against women
Tory leader says Labour should focus on migrants ‘from cultures that don’t respect women’ rather than tackling misogyny in schools
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Domestic violence is not restricted by ethnicity or social class. Badenoch's weaponised racism is utterly despicable. But so too is the fact that she's wilfully dismissed the experience of all women who've suffered abuse at the hands of a white British partner.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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The time politicians spend wilfully misinterpreting those trying to unpack the causes of the appalling rise in anti-semitism would be better spent (better for those who care about their Jewish family and friends and colleagues) unpacking those causes. Because that's the only way to address them.
To smear Dale Vince the BBC deliberately omits the appalling Netanyahu comments he responded to: “Your call for a Palestinian state pours fuel on the antisemitic fire. It rewards Hamas terrorists. It emboldens those who menace Australian Jews and encourages the Jew hatred now stalking your streets.”
Wes Streeting condemns Labour donor Dale Vince's Bondi attack remarks
Businessman Dale Vince has faced a backlash for saying Israel's PM
www.bbc.co.uk
December 18, 2025 at 7:44 AM
The time politicians spend wilfully misinterpreting those trying to unpack the causes of the appalling rise in anti-semitism would be better spent (better for those who care about their Jewish family and friends and colleagues) unpacking those causes. Because that's the only way to address them.
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🚨URGENT CALLOUT FOR SUPPORT AT HMP BRONZEFIELD🚨
Qesser Zuhra, who has been on hunger strike for 45 days, is in urgent need of hospital treatment
Despite this, calls for an ambulance have been denied by prison staff.
MOBILISE OUTSIDE HMP BRONZEFIELD IN ASHFORD, SURREY, ASAP TO DEMAND AN AMBULANCE
Qesser Zuhra, who has been on hunger strike for 45 days, is in urgent need of hospital treatment
Despite this, calls for an ambulance have been denied by prison staff.
MOBILISE OUTSIDE HMP BRONZEFIELD IN ASHFORD, SURREY, ASAP TO DEMAND AN AMBULANCE
December 17, 2025 at 3:13 AM
🚨URGENT CALLOUT FOR SUPPORT AT HMP BRONZEFIELD🚨
Qesser Zuhra, who has been on hunger strike for 45 days, is in urgent need of hospital treatment
Despite this, calls for an ambulance have been denied by prison staff.
MOBILISE OUTSIDE HMP BRONZEFIELD IN ASHFORD, SURREY, ASAP TO DEMAND AN AMBULANCE
Qesser Zuhra, who has been on hunger strike for 45 days, is in urgent need of hospital treatment
Despite this, calls for an ambulance have been denied by prison staff.
MOBILISE OUTSIDE HMP BRONZEFIELD IN ASHFORD, SURREY, ASAP TO DEMAND AN AMBULANCE
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The U.S. Coast Guard "new workplace harassment policy ... downgrades the definition of swastikas and nooses from overt hate symbols to 'potentially divisive' despite an uproar over the new language that forced the service’s top officer to declare that both would remain prohibited."
Coast Guard enacts policy calling swastikas, nooses ‘potentially divisive’
The Coast Guard’s workplace harassment manual that downgrades the definition of swastikas and nooses quietly went into effect this week.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The U.S. Coast Guard "new workplace harassment policy ... downgrades the definition of swastikas and nooses from overt hate symbols to 'potentially divisive' despite an uproar over the new language that forced the service’s top officer to declare that both would remain prohibited."
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Never wanted the AI bubble to violently explode until now.
December 16, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Never wanted the AI bubble to violently explode until now.
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Stop equating muslims with terrorism. Stop equating Jews with the crimes of Israel. Stop equating trans people or black people or travellers or gay people with goodness knows what fucking else. Just fucking stop. Just fucking stop.
December 15, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Stop equating muslims with terrorism. Stop equating Jews with the crimes of Israel. Stop equating trans people or black people or travellers or gay people with goodness knows what fucking else. Just fucking stop. Just fucking stop.
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Here’s a
#MondayMorningMinute
with #nature here on #WorldBeeSanctuary.
Take a moment.
#pause
Go do some #good.
Have the best week you can.
If you’re not having a good week - tell someone.
And if someone tells you -
Listen.
Really #listen.
#mentalhealth
#wellbeing
#winter
#water
#ponds
#MondayMorningMinute
with #nature here on #WorldBeeSanctuary.
Take a moment.
#pause
Go do some #good.
Have the best week you can.
If you’re not having a good week - tell someone.
And if someone tells you -
Listen.
Really #listen.
#mentalhealth
#wellbeing
#winter
#water
#ponds
December 15, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Here’s a
#MondayMorningMinute
with #nature here on #WorldBeeSanctuary.
Take a moment.
#pause
Go do some #good.
Have the best week you can.
If you’re not having a good week - tell someone.
And if someone tells you -
Listen.
Really #listen.
#mentalhealth
#wellbeing
#winter
#water
#ponds
#MondayMorningMinute
with #nature here on #WorldBeeSanctuary.
Take a moment.
#pause
Go do some #good.
Have the best week you can.
If you’re not having a good week - tell someone.
And if someone tells you -
Listen.
Really #listen.
#mentalhealth
#wellbeing
#winter
#water
#ponds
Looks like Starmer's deal to sell out to US tech bros is in danger of coming a cropper. Oh dear, what a shame etc., etc.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US puts £31bn tech ‘prosperity deal’ with Britain on ice
Pledge to invest billions in UK paused, with Washington citing lack of progress on trade barriers across pond
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Looks like Starmer's deal to sell out to US tech bros is in danger of coming a cropper. Oh dear, what a shame etc., etc.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Nobody in The Moral Maze gets eaten by the Moral Minotaur, which is a fundamental flaw in the programme.
December 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Nobody in The Moral Maze gets eaten by the Moral Minotaur, which is a fundamental flaw in the programme.
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While Labour works to permanently undermine basic human rights for migrants, the High Court rules that the Home Office has been failing to uphold them for years.
This is a situation which risks getting significantly worse under Labour's proposed policies.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
This is a situation which risks getting significantly worse under Labour's proposed policies.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Home Office fails to protect vulnerable migrants, high court judge rules
Judgement finds systems designed to protect against inhuman and degrading treatment ‘unlawfully’ failing for years
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:52 PM
While Labour works to permanently undermine basic human rights for migrants, the High Court rules that the Home Office has been failing to uphold them for years.
This is a situation which risks getting significantly worse under Labour's proposed policies.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
This is a situation which risks getting significantly worse under Labour's proposed policies.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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“A universal system of human rights was built to make sure that we could never end up in that nightmare scenario [of hierarchisation of rights in the Nazi era] again. We have to be very cautious and careful about the ultimate consequences of the paths we might embark on.”
‘Who’s it going to be next time?’: ECHR rethink is ‘moral retreat’, say rights experts
As 27 European countries urge changes to laws forged after second world war, human rights chief says politicians are playing into hands of populists
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:17 AM
“A universal system of human rights was built to make sure that we could never end up in that nightmare scenario [of hierarchisation of rights in the Nazi era] again. We have to be very cautious and careful about the ultimate consequences of the paths we might embark on.”
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Remember, for much of the world - including pretty much all of South and SE Asia that relies on glacier-fed rivers for irrigation -
no glaciers means no water
and no water means no crops
and no crops means no food
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
no glaciers means no water
and no water means no crops
and no crops means no food
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Glaciers to reach peak rate of extinction in the Alps in eight years
Climate crisis forecast to wipe out thousands of glaciers a year globally, threatening water supplies and cultural heritage
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Remember, for much of the world - including pretty much all of South and SE Asia that relies on glacier-fed rivers for irrigation -
no glaciers means no water
and no water means no crops
and no crops means no food
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
no glaciers means no water
and no water means no crops
and no crops means no food
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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It's beyond appalling that the Government are clearly happy to endorse this cruel treatment of people fighting to stem genocide in Gaza. And displays in sharp relief the British state’s role as brutal enforcer of capitalist interests in the middle east.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/can-you...
www.middleeasteye.net/news/can-you...
‘Can you get an ambulance? I’m scared’: How a Palestine Action hunger striker was left on her cell floor
Qesser Zuhrah was experiencing worsening chest pains and was told by a nurse ‘you don’t decide if you go to hospital, I do'
www.middleeasteye.net
December 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
It's beyond appalling that the Government are clearly happy to endorse this cruel treatment of people fighting to stem genocide in Gaza. And displays in sharp relief the British state’s role as brutal enforcer of capitalist interests in the middle east.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/can-you...
www.middleeasteye.net/news/can-you...
What's placing patients in danger is a government that refuses to acknowledge how overstretched medics are. A government in thrall to privatised healthcare. A government that's just agreed to overpay for drugs for a trade deal with a fascist regime. Fuck Starmer.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘Beyond belief’ that resident doctors could strike amid flu crisis, says Starmer
Exclusive: PM’s outspoken attack on stoppages planned for 17-22 December risks inflaming tensions with medics
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:48 PM
What's placing patients in danger is a government that refuses to acknowledge how overstretched medics are. A government in thrall to privatised healthcare. A government that's just agreed to overpay for drugs for a trade deal with a fascist regime. Fuck Starmer.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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🚨 Transport workers are facing a violence epidemic.
63% assaulted in the last year.
Nearly a quarter physically attacked.
And employers still call it “part of the job.”
open.substack.com/pub/rmtunion...
63% assaulted in the last year.
Nearly a quarter physically attacked.
And employers still call it “part of the job.”
open.substack.com/pub/rmtunion...
Acting On Assaults
Transport workers are facing a violence epidemic.
open.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
🚨 Transport workers are facing a violence epidemic.
63% assaulted in the last year.
Nearly a quarter physically attacked.
And employers still call it “part of the job.”
open.substack.com/pub/rmtunion...
63% assaulted in the last year.
Nearly a quarter physically attacked.
And employers still call it “part of the job.”
open.substack.com/pub/rmtunion...
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Retail workers get legal protection from assault. Emergency services get legal protection.
Transport workers?
Still waiting.
Time to change that.
Email your MP today.
rmtunion.org/assaults
Transport workers?
Still waiting.
Time to change that.
Email your MP today.
rmtunion.org/assaults
Action Against Assaults – Demand stronger legal protections for public transport workers
RMT’s Action Against Assaults campaign aiming to tackle the unacceptable extent of violence and abuse faced by public transport workers.
As part of the campaign, we are seeking stronger legal protec...
rmtunion.org
December 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Retail workers get legal protection from assault. Emergency services get legal protection.
Transport workers?
Still waiting.
Time to change that.
Email your MP today.
rmtunion.org/assaults
Transport workers?
Still waiting.
Time to change that.
Email your MP today.
rmtunion.org/assaults